Is Bottega Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Yountville, CA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 2 Yountville, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Bottega is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 7, 2026.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked September 7, 2026, lists current operating hours (Monday 4-9 p.m.; Tuesday-Sunday 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.) and an active reservation link. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 4
- Address 6525 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599
- Website botteganapavalley.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Bottega is an Italian restaurant chef Michael Chiarello opened in 2008 at 6525 Washington Street on the Vintage Estate property in Yountville, California, blending Napa Valley ingredients with Italian technique in dishes such as short rib agnolotti and wood-fired specialties. Chiarello, a Food Network personality known for shows including Easy Entertaining, built Bottega as the flagship of a small group of Napa Valley restaurants that later grew to include Coqueta Napa Valley, and the Yountville dining room has long paired an open kitchen with a patio and gardens. According to the restaurant's own website, botteganapavalley.com, checked September 7, 2026, Bottega is currently open Mondays from 4 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., with reservations taken by phone at 707-945-1050.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- botteganapavalley.com https://www.botteganapavalley.com/
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Record btiea-0113 · checked by Cal Marchetti.